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On November 21 and 22, the first bootcamp of the InspiraTech programme took place, sponsored by the Bankinter Innovation Foundation and the CSIC General Foundation. The initiative aims to bridge the gap between scientific research and market application by accelerating the transformation of laboratory knowledge into innovative, accessible business solutions. InspiraTech is designed to inspire, train, and connect a new generation of researchers, fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in science through a blend of online interactive sessions and in-person bootcamps.
The inaugural bootcamp featured keynote speeches, workshops, and panel discussions with innovation leaders and young researchers, providing a dynamic learning environment. Highlights included insights on innovation limits in science, global technology company development, research’s role in transformation, CEO responsibilities in innovative firms, intellectual property, open innovation, and commercialization challenges. Practical workshops focused on enhancing individual skills and entrepreneurship further enriched the experience. The event underscored InspiraTech’s mission to serve as a vital platform linking scientific and business communities to generate sustainable, innovative solutions for technological and social advancement.
The first edition of InspiraTech: From Science to Innovation begins.
On 21 and 22 November, the first bootcamp of the InspiraTech programme took place, sponsored by the Bankinter Innovation Foundation and the CSIC General Foundation with the aim of bringing scientific research closer to the market, accelerating the transformation of the knowledge generated in the laboratory into innovative solutions that are accessible through companies.
InspiraTech
InspiraTech is a training program aimed at inspiring, training and connecting a new generation of researchers, which aims to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the scientific field, addressing topics of great relevance for technological and social transformation. It combines online sessions (focused on interactive debates led by innovation experts) with two face-to-face bootcamps , in which the 20 candidates selected to take the course have the opportunity to delve into the fundamentals of innovation with leaders in the sector.
The first of these bootcamps, which took place last week, featured keynote talks, workshops and discussion tables, which provided a space for learning and interaction between young researchers and innovation leaders.
The meeting began with a welcome from Juan Moreno (director of the Bankinter Innovation Foundation) who welcomed the attendees and underlined the importance of InspiraTech as a platform for connection between the scientific and business communities to generate innovative and sustainable solutions.
Experts in innovation
It also included the following interventions:
Ramón Torrecillas (director of the CSIC General Foundation), who addressed the essential concepts of innovation and its limits in science; Rubén Bonet (co-founder and president of Fractus, Ignion and Abac Nest) shared his experience in the development of technology companies with a global impact; Joana Frontela (director of the Moeve Energy Transition Innovation Centre) reflected on the importance of research departments as agents of transformation; Ezequiel Sánchez (CEO of PLD Space) explored the functions of the CEO in an innovative company; Guillermo Pérez-Holanda (director of legal advice of Fundación General CSIC), for his part, addressed the issue of intellectual property in innovation; while Natalia Álvarez (analyst at Open Innovation Repsol) and Lidia Goyos (project and strategic account manager at Nanoker Research SL and at the CSIC General Foundation) spoke about the importance of open innovation and the challenges of commercializing research.
The bootcamp agenda also included practical activities such as the skills workshop to enhance individual talent, led by Soledad González Clemente, and an entrepreneurship workshop with José Carlos Huerta and Carlos Montalvo, both from the Bankinter Innovation Foundation Startups Program.